Visions September 28, Sunday in Ordinary Time

Cover Think of a time when you respond yes or no Food you can’t stand Sport you can’t resist Interested in volunteering What do you say to: drugs, study, viedo games, practice, parents’ rules Share your answer with your partner Survey the class

“ Saying Yes, Saying No” page 2-4 Read together TALK questions p.3 for homework

Gospel P.4 6 parts: Narrator, Jesus, Father, first son, second son, Priest Discuss the TALK questions

“Why does Jesus Tell Parables?” p. 5 Read together Parables Used to teach about the kingdom of heaven Use symbols Like mirrors Involve us Church = assembly Vineyard A sheepfold Body of Christ People of God

Who Depends on You? What do you do? P6-7 Commitment is a pledge to do an action Do #1 together 4 th period 6 Group of 4 on group of 3 = 27 6 th period 6 groups of 4 = 24 #2 science teacher #3 Basketball team #4 teacher asked for help #5 School spirit group #6 parent separate #7 frog dissection

Christian Leaders p. 8 St. John XXIIIOctober 11 Poor family in Italy Vatican diplomat and bishop to Bulgarian and Turkey Helped may Jews escape the Holocaust Pope at 77 Called the Second Vatican Council Died in 1963 St. John Paul IIOctober 22 Born in Poland Bishop at Vatican II The “Church in the Modern World” dignity of human life & common good Started World Youth Day Visited 129 countries, care for the poor, praying for peace